splitting

[ split-ing ]

adjective

1. being split or causing something to split.
2. violent or severe, as a headache.
3. very fast or rapid.

noun

1. Usually splittings. a part or fragment that has been split off from something:

   Some cavemen made their smaller tools from the splittings of stone.

splitting

/ ˈsplɪtɪŋ /

adjective

1. (of a headache) intolerably painful; acute
2. (of the head) assailed by an overpowering unbearable pain

noun

1. psychoanal the Freudian defence mechanism in which an object or idea (or, alternatively, the ego) is separated into two or more parts in order to remove its threatening meaning

Other Words From

• anti·splitting adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of splitting¹

First recorded in 1585–95; split + -ing ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Joe El-Abd - England’s third defence coach in less than a year - has replaced him, initially splitting his duties between the national side and French second-tier club Oyonnax.

From BBC

Hollywood actress Eva Longoria has revealed that her family no longer lives in the United States, and is splitting time between Mexico and Spain.

From BBC

The relationship between the chief executive and his chairman is noteworthy in that they are, in effect, splitting LA28’s principal workload.

From Los Angeles Times

After dating on and off for 11 years and then splitting in 2013, the “Body on Me” collaborators rekindled their romance in September 2023.

From Los Angeles Times

But this is splitting hairs when everything else swirling around them is so utterly dreadful.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• breakdown
• disintegration
• dissolution
• divorce
• separation
• split
• termination